Professor Paul Smith
Biography
Dr. Paul Smith is a Principal Lecturer, Director of the Forensic Innovation Centre and the Institute of Criminal Justice Study Lead on Innovation. He started his career as a medical photographer with the Leicester Royal Infirmary moving into a role as a crime scene investigator (CSI) with Leicestershire Constabulary in April 1999. During this time he investigated a range of major and volume crimes and trained as a crime scene manager and coordinator, advancing to an assistant senior CSI in the summer of 2004. During this time he studied for a Masters in forensic archaeology. He completed his doctoral studies in embedded technologies for scene investigations graduating from the University of Birmingham in 2008. He teaches forensic studies and his research interests include developing knowledge sharing in the police, integrating technologies into investigative practice and researching various aspects of forensic studies and associated criminal justice matters.
Research interests
- Crime Scene Examination / Management / Co-ordination
- Advances in Forensic Science
- Technology and Policing
- Human Factors
Research outputs
2022
‘Giving the right service to different people’: revisiting police legitimacy in the Covid-19 era
Charman, S., Newiss, G., Smith, P., Inkpen, R., Ilett, C., Ghaemmaghami, A. R., Bennett, S.
8 Sep 2022, In: Policing and Society
Research output: Article
Face super-resolution based on multi-source references
Wang, R., Jian, M., Smith, P., Yu, H.
30 Aug 2022,
Research output: Conference contribution
Set up to ‘fail’? Implementing contamination minimisation procedures and environmental monitoring in a sexual assault referral centre
Smith, P., Jetten, K., Lovell, C.
12 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 90, 7p., 102377
Research output: Article
“Othering” by consent? Public attitudes to Covid-19 restrictions and the role of the police in managing compliance in England
Inkpen, R., Charman, S., Ghaemmaghami, A. R., Smith, P., Newiss, G., Bennett, S., Ilett, C.
10 May 2022, In: The Sociological Quarterly , 22p.
Research output: Article
2021
Taking the strain? Police wellbeing in the Covid-19 era
Newiss, G., Charman, S., Ilett, C., Bennett, S., Ghaemmaghami, A. R., Smith, P., Inkpen, R.
25 Sep 2021, In: The Police Journal, 21p.
Research output: Article
Responding to the public during a pandemic: perceptions of ‘satisfactory’ and ‘unsatisfactory’ policing
Ghaemmaghami, A. R., Inkpen, R., Charman, S., Ilett, C., Bennett, S., Smith, P., Newiss, G.
6 Sep 2021, In: Policing
Research output: Article